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I. First Hints of Snow in the Meadow
II. Icy Pond
III. Melting Stream
A Winter Night
Cover photograph copyright © Lars Christopher Nøttaasen 2009,
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License
by
John Pitts
in celebration of Raymond Warren's 80th birthday
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"A Winter Night" is written for players of an intermediate standard.
Please do not photocopy.
Each movement can be individually downloaded legally from
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First Hints of Snow in the Meadow
Icy Pond
Melting Stream
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I. First hints of snow in the meadow
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Unhurried, gentle, drifting
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poco rit.
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A tempo
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Both hands up an octave
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Left hand at pitch, right hand still up an octave
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Both hands up an octave
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68poco rit. A tempo
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poco rit.
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Extremely slowq = 86
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II. Icy pond
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Freely, gentle and very relaxed
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A tempo
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rit. A tempo
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poco rit. A tempo
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III. Melting stream
Flowing, with a sense of purpose
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poco rit.
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A tempo
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poco rit.
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Very gentle
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poco rit. rit.
A tempo
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poco cresc.
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